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The site was identified as important in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	2003	present	A4i
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	2003	present	A4i
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	breeding	2003	present	A4i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	2003	present	A1, A4i
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	breeding	2003	present	A1
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	breeding	2003	present	A4i
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	passage	2003	present	A4i
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	breeding	2003	present	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	passage	2003	4,000-5,000 individuals	A4i
Anas crecca	NR	breeding	2003	present	A4i
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	breeding	2003	present	A1, A4i
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	passage	2003	present	A1, A4i
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana	EN	breeding	2003	present	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	-	2003	present	A1
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	2003	present	A4i
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	unknown	2008	present	A1
Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus	VU	unknown	2008	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2003	30,000-100,000 individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Xingkaihu	Nature Reserve	222,488	is identical to site	222,488
Xingkai Lake National Nature Reserve	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	222,488	is identical to site	222,488
Xingkai Lake	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	40,051	protected area overlaps with site	0
Xingkai Hu	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	222,488	is identical to site	222,488

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Xingkai Hu Nature Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/xingkai-hu-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 08/12/2023.